12-00374. Aluminum Rubidium Sulfate [Archived]

Nomenclature

CAS number: 13530-57-9
AlO8RbS2; mol wt 304.57.
Al 8.86%, O 42.02%, Rb 28.06%, S 21.06%.
RbAl(SO4)2.

Description and references

Prepn: Gmelins, Aluminum (8th ed) 35B, p 525-527 (1934). Crystal structure of dodecahydrate: Larson, Cromer, Acta Crystallogr. 22, 793 (1967).

Derivative

Dodecahydrate.

Nomenclature

Rubidium alum.

Properties

Crystals, mp reported from 99 to 109°. Sol in water. Practically insol in alc.

Status

This monograph has been retired and is no longer subject to revision or update.